Category Archives: Location reviews

Posts with notes about bars and other beer-related places

Josie Bones (and Bright ‘Harvest 150’)

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Phil

If I go missing one day, if you can’t find me for a while and have no idea where I’ve gone, check the cupboards and crawlspaces at Josie Bones in Melbourne. I’d only been there an hour before I was … Continue reading →

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House on Hood, and House / Croucher ‘Mighty’ Golden Ale

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Phil

Hamilton really does get a bad rap. Frequently from me, I’ll freely admit. It just has this big, flat, sprawling bland black hole kind of a feel to it — especially when you’re trying to get through it on your … Continue reading →

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Little Creatures Dining Hall

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Phil

I do love the Little Creatures, and heard, not long after I moved out of Melbourne and back to Wellington, that they’d opened their own bar in Fitzroy. Which elicted some complex emotions: joy, that they were expanding and obviously … Continue reading →

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Swords at the South Melbourne Markets

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Phil

Sunday mornings at the markets are an awesome thing in Melbourne. They’re actually sufficiently awesome to get my nocturnal self out of bed for the occasion, occasionally. When I lived in the Melb, I was nearer the Victoria Markets, so … Continue reading →

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